{"id":7826,"date":"2019-03-11T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:32:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:32:26","slug":"a-lot-of-activity-reported-but-what-does-it-mean-for-caribou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/7826\/a-lot-of-activity-reported-but-what-does-it-mean-for-caribou\/","title":{"rendered":"A lot of activity reported\u2026 but what does it mean for caribou?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last December 21st (eve of the holidays), the Federal government quietly published the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/environment-climate-change\/services\/species-risk-public-registry\/critical-habitat-statements\/progress-protect-critical-habitat-boreal-woodland-caribou.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Progress report on steps taken to protect critical habitat for boreal caribou<\/a>\u2019. This report outlines recent actions to protect the forest home of boreal caribou.<\/p>\n<p>So what has been done since April when the government last reported?<\/p>\n<p>To answer the question, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/b5f28cc5-federal-progress-report-boreal-caribou-highlighted.pdf\">we took highlighter to the report<\/a>. We identified what content is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Background or promises of future action (grey)<\/li>\n<li>Activities that lay the groundwork for protecting caribou habitat (aqua)<\/li>\n<li>Actual honest-to-goodness, on-the-ground protection of caribou habitat achieved (red)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/federal-progress-report-boreal-caribou-highlighted\/\">Click here to see the results&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7827\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7827\" class=\"wp-image-7827 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1-1024x497.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1-510x247.png 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2019\/03\/Sec63-Report-Boreal-caribou-1.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal \u2018Progress report on steps taken to protect critical habitat for boreal caribou\u2019 highlighted to show actual protection for caribou<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our conclusion? A lot of activity. Much of it important. But the difference for the caribou living and walking on the land is modest.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t good enough. Caribou herds are in decline in every region of the country. And caribou\u2019s slow extinction points to even bigger problems. Boreal caribou need old growth forest to survive. As these old forests are being cut down, many other species are suffering alongside caribou.<\/p>\n<p>Old growth boreal forest is not only important for biodiversity, but vital in fighting climate change. This forest is rich in stored carbon. In fact, the soil of the boreal forest hold more carbon than all tropical rainforests combined. The same logging that disrupts caribou also releases carbon and converts trees mostly into short-lived products that quickly end up in the landfill (paper towels, throw-away packaging, cheap wood items).<\/p>\n<p>So the situation for caribou is dire; the need for action is urgent; the necessity of protecting habitat is clear. And when we protect caribou, we protect our forests, biodiversity, carbon storage, and our planet\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Let 2019 be our moment for bold action. We need to be the force that finally achieves meaningful change.<\/p>\n<p>Join the movement of people calling for more. <a href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/23495\/action\/1\">Sign our petition calling on Canada\u2019s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, to take action and protect this beautiful species<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"width: 60%; margin: 0 auto;\" align=\"center\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-medium page-header-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/23495\/action\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIGN THE PETITION<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6280 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/11\/bb3ab6f9-gp0stsll3_medium_res_usabilla-e1543508824411-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/11\/bb3ab6f9-gp0stsll3_medium_res_usabilla-e1543508824411-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/11\/bb3ab6f9-gp0stsll3_medium_res_usabilla-e1543508824411-635x1024.jpg 635w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/11\/bb3ab6f9-gp0stsll3_medium_res_usabilla-e1543508824411-211x340.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/11\/bb3ab6f9-gp0stsll3_medium_res_usabilla-e1543508824411.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-1207 \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/protect-the-woodland-boreal-caribou\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-1024x1024.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/GP03QUW.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Woodland Caribou in Canada\" title=\"Woodland Caribou in Canada\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/protect-the-woodland-boreal-caribou\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProtect the Woodland Boreal Caribou\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">After 5 years of delaying, provinces and territories have failed to follow through with measures to protect the boreal woodland caribou. Herds have been declining across the country at an alarming rate and may soon become extinct in some areas. Meanwhile, our federal government is not providing the leadership required to halt this crisis in the forest. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/protect-the-woodland-boreal-caribou\/\"\n                        \n                    >\n                        Take action\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government reported on recent actions to protect boreal caribou. We took highlighter to find out what has actually been done&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":6280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27],"p4-page-type":[16],"class_list":["post-7826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-forests","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7826"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51387,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7826\/revisions\/51387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7826"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=7826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}